Cenozoic silicoflagellates and ebridians from ODP Leg 113

Silicoflagellates are present at ODP 113 Sites 689, 690, 693, 695, 696, and 697. These are generally Neogene in age except for Oligocene and Eocene silicoflagellates and ebridians at Sites 689, 690, and 693, and Lower Cretaceous (Albian) silicoflagellates at Site 693 (the latter are described in McC...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McCartney, Kevin, Wise, Sherwood W
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 1990
Subjects:
113-689B
113-690B
113-693A
113-695A
113-696A
113-696B
113-697B
DRILL
Drilling/drill rig
Joides Resolution
Leg113
Ocean Drilling Program
ODP
South Atlantic Ocean
Weddell Sea
Antarc*
Antarctic
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.753479
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753479
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Summary:Silicoflagellates are present at ODP 113 Sites 689, 690, 693, 695, 696, and 697. These are generally Neogene in age except for Oligocene and Eocene silicoflagellates and ebridians at Sites 689, 690, and 693, and Lower Cretaceous (Albian) silicoflagellates at Site 693 (the latter are described in McCartney, et al., this volume). The uppermost Miocenelowermost Pliocene of most sites contains an interesting assemblage of Distephanus speculum speculum that lack apical rings (the "pseudofibula plexus"). These co-occur with the youngest ice-rafted sediments deposited during the late Miocene-early Pliocene West Antarctic glaciations and are discussed in detail to show the variability within this group. We believe that these variations resulted from environmental stress, the precise nature of which is still undetermined. The "pseudofibulid" condition has developed at several different times during the Cenozoic within the Distephanus speculum lineage to produce such ecophenotypes. One new form from the "pseudofibula plexus," D. s. speculum f. pseudopentagonus, is described.

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